- Published: 5 April 2018
- ISBN: 9781473556201
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 368
The Road to Unfreedom
Russia, Europe, America
- Published: 5 April 2018
- ISBN: 9781473556201
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 368
A brilliant and disturbing analysis, which should be read by anyone wishing to understand the political crisis currently engulfing the world
YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS and HOMO DEUS
Snyder’s central thesis is a strong one… Vividly and insightfully told.
Edward Lucas, The Times
A rollercoaster world calls for a news editor’s skills in processing facts and a philosopher’s ability to dissect ideologies. He has both.
The Economist
This story of how Russia dismantled democracy, and the man who set its template for fake news, is chilling and persuasive ... unignorable... a disturbing and persuasive insight... Snyder's forensic examination of, for example the news cycle that followed the shooting down of flight MH17 makes essential reading ... Meticulously researched and footnoted.
Tim Adams, Observer
The Road to Unfreedom is a sprawling epic that veers from Dark Ages Kiev to modern day Washington and back again.
Oliver Bullough, Prospect
Snyder’s informative timeline of events on the ground in Ukraine is vivid, and offers a much greater understanding of how this conflict emerged than we got in most English-language news coverage
Katrina Gulliver, Spectator
One of the best…brisk, conceptually convincing account of democracy’s retreat in the early years of 21st century
Luke Harding, Guardian
Timothy Snyder… offers unexpected insights into the seemingly familiar events of the past decade
Anne Applebaum, BBC History Magazine, **Books of the Year**
Timothy Snyder is one of the world’s top historians… [The Road to Unfreedom is a] bracing analysis
William Leith, Evening Standard
If there’s one book to help explain the bloody mess we find ourselves in…this is it… [Snyder] is a refreshing voice… [and] every chapter is rich with apercu… Every sentence smacks of careful thought, engaged concern, and urgency
David Everatt, Conversation